Kai Havertz scouting report as Liverpool head race to sign star

Massive Attack, The National and The Chemical Brothers will headline its 2022 event.The latest addition to the Scottish festival calendar will take place at Edinburgh’s Royal Highland Centre from August 26–28.Other names on the bill for the rebooted event, which was announced yesterday (February 22), include Mogwai, Little Simz, Self Esteem, Black Country, New Road, Jon Hopkins, Black Coffee, Bonobo, Bombay Bicycle Club, John Grant, LOW, Idlewild and more.Massive Attack will take to the Grand Parade Stage on the Friday; The Chemical Brothers will top the bill on the Saturday; and The National will close out proceedings on the Sunday.“We are delighted to be announcing our line-up for Connect today,” said DF Concerts & Events CEO, Geoff Ellis. “For some time now we have been working tirelessly and carefully to curate a captivating line-up for the first edition of our new iteration of Connect and we have been really excited to share it.“While Connect is a brand new festival proposition, it will still retain many qualities from – and the ethos of – its namesake from 2007 and 2008, especially regarding the music, entertainment, food and drink programmes.Ellis added: “We are thrilled to be welcoming the very best in left field talent from grassroots through to award-winning headliners to perform this year and we cannot wait to welcome fans to the Royal Highland Showgrounds this August.”This is Connect 2022.Sign-up for access to pre-sale:https://t.co/ZVj8UkwnJGFor your chance to win 4 weekend tickets to Connect 2022, head over to our Instagram account.

Jon Hopkins has soundtracked and helped create an installation which can induce hallucinations.By combining flickering lights and electronic music, Hopkins, with the help of neuroscientists, philosophers and trance music producers, has formed an out of this world experience for users called ‘Dreamachine’.The new project uses ambient music from Hopkins as a soundtrack to the experience, which researchers called “stroboscopically induced visual hallucinations.”It sees visitors enter a room, lie-down and close their eyes before the experience begins.“The important thing about these practices is the loss of ego and the beginning of shared experience,” Hopkins told The Guardian. “These are alternatives to our problem-solving, scientific consciousness of reality.”The project will tour the UK this spring and more information can be found here.Earlier this month, Hopkins shared his first new music of 2022 – ‘A Gathering Of The Tribe’.The track is described as a sonic companion piece to Hopkins’ meditative 2021 album, ‘Music For Psychedelic Therapy’, which came out in November.Speaking about the new piece, which was originally written with the intention of scoring an animated short film featuring an excerpt from Charles Eisenstein’s book The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible, Hopkins said: “I haven’t done much scoring in the last few years, but occasionally something comes along that I fall in love with and feel like I just have to work on.

Buckingham Palace released a short statement on Wednesday (February 23), just hours after a major death hoax spread across the Internet.

Love Island is coming back – at a new home.

The leader of the opposition at Salford council stormed out of a meeting today (February 23) after saying he was 'attacked' during a debate about the budget.

on the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s website.“Drive-Thru provides a democratic platform that celebrates neighborhood voices,” said Soft-Firm co-founder Talitha Liu. “After another year of distance and uncertainty, the installation projects a portal into the rich cultural fabric of Brooklyn.” The installation indeed feels like a tongue-in-cheek reference to the pandemic trend of distance-friendly drive-in movies.

Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has expressed his concern about his old club persisting with veteran strikers Cristiano Ronaldo and Edinson Cavani.

Supermarket fashion brand George at ASDA has been flooded with praise for its budget £12.50 jeans.

Just as life appeared to be on a more even keel for former loan shark Gary Windass, the Corrie character has been spotted looking very shifty in dramatic new scenes being filmed for the soap.

Liverpool would be a “great fit” for in-demand Bayer Leverkusen star Kai Havertz, according to former Reds midfielder Don Hutchison.

Former Chelsea defender Frank Leboeuf has urged his old side to ditch a move for Philippe Coutinho and sign Kai Havertz instead.

Kai Havertz insists he is fully focused on finishing the season with Bayer Leverkusen and is not distracted by the reports linking him with Manchester United.

Bayer Leverkusen superstar Kai Havertz has been quizzed over his future at the Bundesliga outfit.

Manchester United fans have urged Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to make a move for Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Kai Havertz in the upcoming transfer window after the German netted a brace against Borussia Monchengladbach.

Kai Havertz has been handed some harsh advice over a move to the Premier League, with Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea all monitoring the Bundesliga star.

Former Manchester United forward Dimitar Berbatov says Kai Havertz should stay away from the Premier League for now.

Kai Havertz has been called a mixture between Mesut Ozil and Michael Ballack as interest in the German international grows.

Manchester United will fight Liverpool and Chelsea to sign Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Kai Havertz in the upcoming transfer window - according to reports.

Arsenal have made contact with the agent of Bayer Leverkusen winger Moussa Diaby over a potential transfer, according to reports.

Liverpool could sign their very own Bruno Fernandes in Kai Havertz.

Liverpool fans were enjoying Kai Havertz’s first half performance as the Reds transfer target netted twice for Bayer Leverkusen against Werder Bremen.